Statesville Record and Landmark from Statesville, North Carolina • 30

Wednesday May 17 1972 Page 7 Statesville Record Landmark Sw" fir I Sssns KA 'Si W3 jK 8 I i it Lil iB W4 vY wWaid Bj EsraL iv 8 i iMifi SIH Hr MB' STUDENT BODY OICERS Alexander Central High School students recently elected student body otficers for the 1972 73 school term Left to right are Michael Walters president and his brother reddie Walters vice president Pat ortner secretary and Molly Ingram treasurer Convicted Men Behind Bars By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The men convicted of assassi nating Sen Robert Kennedy and Dr Martin Luther King Jr four years ago are still behind bars One escaped a decreed death penalty and the other is serving a 99 year sentence Sirhan Bishara Sirhan sen tenced to die in California for shooting Kennedy to death on the night of the New York sena California residential pri mary victory in May 1968 marks his third anniversary on The New York State Depart ment of Commerce handled 25500 letters from youngsters seeking information about the Empire State in 1971 San Quentin death row next week But the death penalties of Sir han and 109 other condemned inmates in California were abolished last ebruary when the California Supreme Court ruled the death penalty uncon stitutional Sirhan is awaiting resentenc ing by the Los Angeles court which originally sentenced him to death No date has been set for the court hearing just like any other pris oner having no particu lar problems with Asso ciate Warden Albert Jacobs said At Brushy Moun tain State Prison near Petros solitary confinement is not un known to James Earl Ray who pleaded guilty to the April 1968 slaying of King at Memphis Ray pleaded guilty in ex change for the prison term Had he pleaded innocent and faced trial a death sentence would have been possible Ray has twice tried to escape On one occasion in May 1971 he managed to crawl into a prison duct But it contained live steam and he was forced from it and recaptured After both escape attempts Ray was confined to solitary but Warden Robert Moore says he is now allowed to mingle at times with other inmates at the prison DO YOU HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM? I SO WRITE ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS BOX 681 STATESVILLE Statesville A A group meets each Thursday and Sunday nights at 8 pm JOSVj Meeting ARE YOU THE RIEND OR LOVED ONE A PROBLEM DRINKER? IND HELP IN OUR AL ANON family group MEETS EACH THURSDAY NIGHT AT 8 PM 204Va MEETING ST DRIVE IN THEATRE 1 77 1 77 AT SALISBURY ROAD OPENING SOON The South's Most Modern Drive In Theatre Contract Granted HOUSTON Tex luor Corp has been awarded a con tract for engineering and pro curement for Transco Energy previously announced naphtha gasification plant to be located on the East Coast it was announced today by Transco Energy President Don Willhelm Transco Energy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp The plant will use Gasynthan process to produce 250 million cubic feet per day of substitute natural gas (SNG) Work is currently in progress in Houston offices and the plant is scheduled to be opera tional by early 1974 The Lurgi naphtha gasifica tion process was first com mercially used in Germany in 1965 Since then more than 25 Lurgi naphtha gasification units have been or are being built The SNG produced by the plant is compatible with pipeline quality natural gas All of die gas manufactured by the facility will be sold to the parent firm Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line which owns and operates an interstate pipeline system for the purchase sale and transportation of natural gas Its main pipeline system extends from the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast through the southeastern states to the Pennsylvania New Jersey New York metropolitan areas IRE CALL ANSWERED Trinity Volunteer ire Department answered a call Monday to the residence of Mrs Emma' Dobbins in the Midway community where a chimney had caught fire No damage was done to the house which belongs to David Douglas Ik SUSAN A BELL Miss Bell Is Selected Susan Annette Bell daughter of Mr and Mrs Bell route 1 Bell Road Statesville has been selected as a junior mar shal to participate in the grad uation exercises at Appalachian State University on May 28 Miss Bell an English major was selected on the basis of having the highest grade point in the junior class She is a member of Alphi Chi Kappa Delta Pi national honor societies She is also a member of the Appalachian Literary Asso ciation and a member of the Rhododendron staff SENTIMENTAL DAY NEW YORK (AP) Humorous cards are the rage these days but there is no kidding around on Day Day has a special meaning for most people and a lot of senti ment says Irving Cohen head of a chain of greeting card stores General Relieved WASHINGTON (AP) The former top Air orce general in Vietnam was relieved of his post of irregularities in the conduct of his command responsibilities" Gen John Ryan Air orce chief of staff reportedly was personally embarrassed when Gen John Lavelle told him US pilots were obeying Joint Chiefs of Staff instructions on altitude and other flying con ditions designed to save planes and pilots and he learned later pilots were flying lower to hit their targets The Air orce announced La velle retired April 7 per sonal and health Monday Ryan said Lavelle re tired for health reasons but had oeen relieved or command before that because of unspeci fied irregularities Lavelle had been in command of all Air orce activities in Vietnam since last July He was succeeded by Gen John Vogt Jr who had been an nounced as scheduled for a top command in Europe Chairman Edward Hebert La said his House Armed Services Committee will in vestigate command of the 7th Air orce in Vietnam at the request of Rep OtisG Pike NY a committee member 8T Jill Km JOtl LEONARD JR Degree Goes To Leonard Wade Harrison Leonard Jr received his degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law on May 14 Leonard graduated from Mitchell College in 1967 and from Appalachian State University in 1969 He is the son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Sr of ork and is married to the former Linda Sue Pierce daughter of Mr and Mrs Pierce of Harmony The Leonards have one daughter There are only about 250 species of turtles remaining in the world today Charges Lodged Record Landmark Bureau MOORESVILLE Gloria Benfield Wilkie 514 Iredell Ave was arrested by Moores ville officers recently and charged with driving under the influence Other charges include Ester Stutts of Mooresville larceny from the amily Dollar Store and Roger Gray Christy 17 633 Spruce St improper muffler Police also investigated an accident which occurred at 5 pm Saturday at the inter section of Broad and Patterson Sts Reports list Robert Chester Richardson 40 Tradd St Statesville as the driver of a 1966 Chevrolet and Ward Miles Anderson 19 Chatham Va as the driver of a 1966 Oldsmobile Damages were estimated at $450 and no charges were filed An accident occurred at 4:40 Sunday on Hickory Drive in which Hager 18 route Mooresville was driving a 1967 Chevrolet which collided with a parked 1964 Pontiac belonging to Dan Kibbinger Hickory Drive Damages were set at $250 and no charges or injuries were reported LOAD HOG YARD CART All prices plus texes and tire off your car MICKEY THOMPSON 2 The Tire That Stands Alone! 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